Which is a main idea from “the chimney sweeper”? living without clean air cause illness. the hazards of working in an industrial profession are real. child laborers suffer misery. angelic young boys can escape from poverty.

Child laborers suffer misery.

Explanation:

This poem by William Blake has the purpose of reporting the life suffered by the chimney sweepers. Besides the chimney sweepers being children (often orphans), this was a very dangerous and poorly paid job. Blake wanted to express through this poem that the children who did this service were mistreated and treated almost as slaves, lived in poverty and misery, were malnourished and sick.

the anecdote makes readers feel sorry for the man’s lack of heritage, then reminds readers that the man has an equally valuable heritage.

european parent languages

expresses state of being